John Dillon
John Dillon
John Dillonwas an Irish politician from Dublin, who served as a Member of Parliamentfor over 35 years and was the last leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. By political disposition Dillon was an advocate of Irish nationalism, originally a follower of Charles Stewart Parnell, supporting land reform and Irish Home Rule...
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Not only are our markets getting better and our internal cost-cutting programs succeeding, we are also seeing the benefits of our merger with Union Camp reflected in our earnings. Going forward, we will continue to manage production in line with our customer orders and not build inventory.
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Our capacity management and divestiture efforts, coupled with a rigid financial discipline, are having a favorable impact on our performance and will continue.
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not significantly impacted as the company translates its European earnings to the United States.
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Don't get caught up in the horror that is Paul Runge. Don't make the jump that only a crazy person could do this.
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Due to wet weather conditions, our wood costs were much higher than expected. However, these costs were partially offset by lower purchase prices for other raw materials and the continued success of our cost-reduction program.
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As the buildings were modified through the years, they were not efficiently sealed for the control required in an air conditioned environment.
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There's no question in my mind we will be a stronger company.
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The timing of the economic recovery remains uncertain, ... We didn't see any meaningful impact from it on our sales volumes and revenues this quarter. So, I am very pleased with what we have been able to accomplish by focusing on those factors we can control.
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At some point in the future, I think there will be relatively few companies competing on a worldwide basis. From IP's perspective, what we are doing is building a strong leadership position in each of our businesses.
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These second-quarter results continue the favorable trend in industry conditions that we began to see earlier this year, ... We will be divesting or closing operations that no longer meet the company's financial or strategic objectives.
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Prices on several of our key products have started to move up in the U.S. and some of our major Asian markets are beginning to recover from the economic problems of last year, ... Overall, business has clearly improved, and we are optimistic that the price increases we announced will be fully implemented during the second quarter.
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My job now is to keep the nucleus of the side for next season.
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Nicky repeatedly stressed the value of advanced planning, preparation, and attention to detail. In addition to telling us some great stories, he validated the things we do already, gave us some great tips on how to improve our game and, most importantly, taught us a lot about making pace notes. Several of the the things he described came into play this weekend.
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Nevertheless, the world economic environment is continuing to pressure our business even as we move into a seasonally stronger part of the year.